Research on Energy Management of Hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Improve Energy-Saving and Emission Reduction Performance

Mingliang Bai, Wenjiang Yang, Dongbin Song, Marek Kosuda, Stanislav Szabo, Pavol Lipovsky and Afshar Kasaei
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Mingliang Bai: School of Astronautics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Wenjiang Yang: School of Astronautics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Dongbin Song: School of Astronautics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Marek Kosuda: Faculty of Aeronautics, Technical University of Kosice, 04121 Kosice, Slovakia
Stanislav Szabo: Faculty of Aeronautics, Technical University of Kosice, 04121 Kosice, Slovakia
Pavol Lipovsky: Faculty of Aeronautics, Technical University of Kosice, 04121 Kosice, Slovakia
Afshar Kasaei: School of Astronautics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 8, 1-24

Abstract: The rapid development of industry results in large energy consumption and a negative impact on the environment. Pollution of the environment caused by conventional energy sources such as petrol leads to increased demand for propulsion systems with higher efficiency and capable of energy-saving and emission reduction. The usage of hybrid technology is expected to improve energy conversion efficiency, reduce energy consumption and environmental pollution. In this paper, the simulation platform for the hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been built by establishing the subsystem models of the UAV power system. Under the two chosen working conditions, the conventional cruise flight mission and the terrain tracking mission, the power tracking control and Q-Learning method have been used to design the energy management controller for the hybrid UAV. The fuel consumption and pollutant emissions under each working condition were calculated. The results show that the hybrid system can improve the efficiency of the UAV system, reduce the fuel consumption of the UAV, and so reduce the emissions of CO 2 , NO x , and other pollutants. This contributes to improving of environmental quality, energy-saving, and emission reduction, thereby contributing to the sustainable development of aviation.

Keywords: energy management; hybrid power system; UAV; energy-saving (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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